Indiana is one of those states that you don’t often talk about unless it is something weird and entirely fucked up. This time, it is the Indiana laws protecting minors. Sameer G. Thakar of Fishers, Indiana will soon face trial on one felony charge of disseminating matter harmful to a minor, a 16 year old girl from Oregon he had been chatting with and sent a nude picture of himself. The charge was originally dismissed last year, when a court found the state’s dissemination statute was vague because the age of consent to sexual activity in Indiana is 16. But the Indiana Supreme Court said nope, it was clear as can be: “The Dissemination Statute clearly protects minors under the age of 18 from the dissemination of matter harmful to them. Whether this inconsistent statutory treatment of minors aged 16 and 17 is advisable with respect to sexually-related activity is a matter for the legislature, and whether Thakar’s alleged conduct violated the Dissemination Statute is a matter for the jury.” That means Sameer could have had sex in Indiana with the 16 year old girl, no problem. He just couldn’t try getting her into bed by sending her a nude picture. And that’s Indiana, folks.